Motorcycle Sport & Bike Racing News | MotoGP, World Superbikes & More

Honda against bike/rider weight limit in MotoGP

05 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Honda will fight any bid to introduce a combined bike and rider weight limit currently under discussion in MotoGP. Marco Simoncelli is at the forefront of a campaign to introduce a combined bike and...

New clutch boost for Andrea Dovizioso

05 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso has hailed a new clutch tested in Estoril earlier this week as Honda continues a long-running battle to cure a corner entry stability issue with its factory RC212V machine. Although...

Alvaro Bautista expects to be much stronger in France

05 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista is hoping a period of rest and recuperation will help bring him closer to 100 per cent fitness after the exertion of racing and testing in Estoril last weekend. The factory Suzuki...

Moto3 grid could feature 40 bikes

05 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Moto3, the new 250cc four-stroke class that will replace the current 125GP series in 2012, looks like attracting a bumper entry of 40 bikes. Interest in the new class is booming and MotoGP bosses...

Cookstown 100 pics

04 May 2011 by jamierob

Ryan Farquhar kicks dirt at Michael Dunlop’s Kawasaki at the Cookstown 100

Tech 3 kick off Yamaha talks

04 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s Tech 3 Yamaha squad kicked off talks over a new deal in Estoril that will see the French team lease YZR-M1 bikes for 2012 and ’13. Herve Poncharal met senior Yamaha management in...

Casey Stoner wary of double Spanish threat

04 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner says it is impossible to single out Jorge Lorenzo or Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa as to which one will pose the biggest threat to his hopes of winning back the MotoGP world title...

Ducati working on new gearbox for GP11

04 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ducati is working on a new gearbox to try and emulate Honda’s impressive seamless shift system that the Japanese factory rolled out in 2011. The gearbox development is part of an on-going major...

Yamaha needs more rear grip, says Colin Edwards

04 May 2011

Colin Edwards reckons Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine needs more rear traction than the horsepower boost that reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo is repeatedly asking the Japanese factory for. The...

Recovering Toseland aims for Monza return

03 May 2011 by Michael Guy

James Toseland will fly to Monza tomorrow (Wednesday) with the intention of riding his BMW Motorrad Italia S1000RR for the first time since suffering his serious hand injury in testing. The former two...

Rossi and Aaron

03 May 2011 by mreasyrider99

My son Aaron at Qatar with Rossi. He was chuffed.

Lowes set to fight again at Monza

03 May 2011 by Michael Guy

Despite suffering a sickening high side at Assen just 16 days ago where he shattered his collarbone and was knocked unconscious, Sam Lowes is set to race this weekend at Monza. The gutsy 20 year old...

Revised Ducati GP11 impresses Valentino Rossi

03 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi is confident Ducati’s factory MotoGP machine will continue to get faster and easier to ride after he enjoyed a successful test on a heavily-revamped GP11 in Estoril yesterday. The...

Cal Crutchlow fourth in Estoril test

03 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s brilliant rookie season in the MotoGP world championship continued yesterday when the British rider clocked the fourth fastest time during a one-day test at the Estoril circuit. The...

Marco Simoncelli bounces back to top Estoril test

03 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli shrugged off the bitter disappointment of crashing out on the first lap of Sunday’s Portuguese MotoGP race to top the timesheets at the end of yesterday’s Estoril test session. The...

Estoril MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa elated with victory

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa could barely contain his relief and delight after he claimed his first ever victory at the Estoril circuit to narrow Jorge Lorenzo’s MotoGP world championship lead to just...

Estoril MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo praises Dani Pedrosa

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo praised Spanish rival Dani Pedrosa after the reigning world champion saw his 100 per cent MotoGP victory record in Estoril broken yesterday. The factory Yamaha rider led for 25-laps...

Estoril MotoGP: Fuel clamp blunder costs Ben Spies

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies’ bid to get his 2011 MotoGP season back on track ended in disastrous and embarrassing fashion after a fuel clamp was left on his factory Yamaha YZR-M1 for the start of the Estoril race...

Estoril MotoGP: Back issue costs Casey Stoner

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s hopes of returning to winning ways in Estoril were ended in painful fashion during yesterday’s Estoril MotoGP race in Portugal. Looking to bounce back from the crushing disappointment...

Estoril MotoGP: Valentino Rossi claims best Ducati result

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi claimed his best result for Ducati in Estoril yesterday but was denied fourth place by fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso right at the end of the 28-lap Portuguese MotoGP race. The...

Oulton Park BSB: Hopkins takes first BSB victory in race two

02 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Samsung Crescent Suzuki rider John Hopkins has taken his first win in the second race at Oulton Park today to become the first ever American to win a BSB race. Stuart Easton got the holeshot from the...

Estoril MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli rues early mistake

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli blew yet another chance to break his MotoGP victory duck in Estoril yesterday after he crashed out in spectacular fashion on the opening lap. Four weeks after he tumbled out of the...

Estoril MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow battles to eighth

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow looked like he was going to claim his best ever MotoGP result in Estoril yesterday, only to be denied by a determined Hiroshi Aoyama on the last lap. Crutchlow and San Carlo Gresini...

Estoril MotoGP: Luck deserts British Moto2 duo

02 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding and Bradley Smith were both frustrated and left pondering what might have been after they suffered a miserable Moto2 race in Portugal. Having failed to score a single point in a...

Oulton Park BSB: Kiyonari takes race one win

02 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Reigning British champion Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken victory in the first race at Oulton Park today. Kiyonari didn’t get the best of starts and was down the positions in the opening stages of the...

Oulton Park BSB: Hill sidelined with shoulder injury

02 May 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill is out of today’s second BSB round at Oulton Park after crashing in morning warm-up and damaging his shoulder. Championship leader Hill – who had yesterday set pole position for this...

Oulton Park BSB: Tommy Hill takes pole

01 May 2011 by MCN

Swan Yamaha rider Tommy Hill will start the first race at Oulton Park from pole position tomorrow ahead of team-mate Michael Laverty. Samsung Crescent Suzuki rider John Hopkins will start from third...

Estoril MotoGP: Nicolas Terol takes third victory of season

01 May 2011

Nicolas Terol made it three wins out of three today, with yet another win at the Estoril circuit in Portugal. Terol’s team-mate Hector Faubel crashed out of third place while fighting for second with...

Estoril MotoGP: Pedrosa takes first win of 2011

01 May 2011 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has taken his first race win of 2011 at the Estoril circuit in Portugal today. Pedrosa and current champion Jorge Lorenzo pulled away from the rest of the field with...

Estoril MotoGP: Stefan Bradl takes Moto2 win

01 May 2011 by MCN

German rider Stefan Bradl has won the Portugese Moto2 race at Estoril after two riders who led the race crashed. Thomas Luthi passed Bradl on the fourth lap to take the lead, but crashed out at the...

Oulton Park: Hill quickest by 0.7 seconds in free practice

01 May 2011 by Austin Lindberg

Tommy Hill was fastest after Saturday’s two free practice sessions at Oulton Park in preparation for the second round of the MCE British Superbike Championship on Bank Holiday Monday. Hill finished...

Estoril MotoGP: Turning issue slows Casey Stoner

30 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s perfect qualifying record for Honda ended in Estoril today as the Australian was left off the front row in fourth position on the grid. Having been on pole position in Qatar and Jerez,...

Estoril MotoGP: Valentino Rossi upset with ninth

30 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi didn’t hide his frustration after the Italian could only qualify his factory Ducati in ninth position for tomorrow’s Portuguese MotoGP race. Bouyed by his fourth position in...

Estoril MotoGP: Simoncelli and Lorenzo in public bust-up

30 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo became embroiled in an incredible war of words with Italian rival Marco Simoncelli earlier today during the post qualifying press conference in...

Estoril MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow narrowly misses top six

30 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow was less than two-tenths-of-a-second away from claiming a stunning maiden top six grid position for tomorrow’s Portuguese MotoGP race at the Estoril circuit. A lap of 1.38.190 elevated...

Estoril MotoGP: Stefan Bradl snatches Moto2 pole

30 April 2011 by Tom Cambio

German rider Stefan Bradl (Viessman Kiefer Racing) snatched his third pole in a row in the last lap of qualifying at Estoril from Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) who was 0.163s behind.

Motorcycle Sport & Racing News